Help Us Find
Michael "Austin" Davis

Missing since 6/26/07 from Jacksonville, Florida

Message from Mom, June 2013
Hi Son,
How can it be that 6 years have passed since
I sat with you at Drew’s birthday party, then
later sat and talked into the night……I miss you.
How did I not know that time counted in hours
would change every aspect of my life, leaving a
hole in my heart that won’t heal? The phone call
from your sister telling me you couldn’t be found
should we call the police? Yes…I’m on my way to
you, hours of driving with thoughts of finding you
and asking why did you worry us, what were you
thinking? Me determined to find you and ask,
knowing that together we could figure out any
problem, we could find solutions…..never thinking
that six years later I’d still be searching, wanting
so badly to bring you home. I think you know, you
know that I’m looking for you, that I won’t quit, that
even as I search for others that need to be brought
Home you are there with me. I’ve wondered over
the years would you approve, and God gifted me with
peace that allowed me to know that you do, and some
days I can feel a special warmth that lets me know you’re
close, and on those days I can see your smile, and hear
your “oh mom” as you laugh, cause I should know you
would. I knew your heart, but didn’t always understand
your pain.
I miss you,
Mom

Jacksonville, FL, October 18, 2007 – Jacksonville
Sheriff’s Office has released information regarding
the disappearance of Michael “Austin” Davis,
26, from his Westside home on the morning 0f June 26,
2007.

“We now know,” said Anita
Sullivan, sister of the missing man, “that Austin’s
mysterious taxi ride ended at Jax Jewelry and Pawn
Shop at the intersection of 103rd Street and Blanding
Boulevard
around 12:30pm on June 26th.

JSO has confirmed Austin
bought a shotgun there and the clerk said he put the
gun in a duffle bag and left the shop on foot.”

We have searched the area but found nothing”. “The pawn shop clerk
said the gun barrel was protruding from the duffle
bag when he left
the shop. As busy as that area is midday, we think
it is likely someone saw him and would remember
something
as unusual as a young man walking on Blanding or
103rd with a gun in a duffel bag”, the missing
man’s
sister said.

“We are hopeful someone will
come forward, possibly with information regarding
his direction
of travel and help us target other areas to search”,
Anita Sullivan said.

Anyone who may have seen a man walking with a duffle
bag on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 26 in the
area of Blanding Bvd. and 103rd Street, which
includes Wesconnett Blvd., Timuquana Road, Jammes,
and surrounding
areas,
is urged to step forward.

He may have been walking
in any direction, and may have been seen on side
roads up
to several miles away from the intersection.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the
Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

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